Oakville-Trafalgar Journal, 7 Jun 1951, p. 1

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Cok Co iim Dakvile - Trafalgar Journal Entered, 2nd. Class Mall, Ottawa ol. 4 No. 28 THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1951 20 Pages 5 cents a copy, $2.00 per year In advance Familiar Figure Returns To Podium = BUSY BANDMASTER HERE for 11 years prior to relinquishing his baton to Prof. Dan Sabia in arch, 1949, cheery Frank Locksley has returned to once more guide the musical destinies of the bakville Citizens Band. Town council's band committee invited Mr. Locksley to take over once ore, following a meeting at which band members endorsed the move by ballot. Many band mem- bers are reported to have felt that Professor Sabla called too stern a measure with younger music- ans like Bill Gilroy and Frank Burke, pictured above with Mr. Locksley during his final practice ession two years ago, Prof. Sabia, erstwhile cornet soloist with Sousa, while admitting he is an ex- Lcting taskmaster, maintained any change should have been made in the According to council band 'commitee members, however, bandless summer season. fall, as he now faces a the Situation irst arose last autumn and was smoothed over with 'Prof. Sabia's consent. As matters now stand, he band seems headed toward an active and successful summer season. ESIDENTS AGRIN PROTEST REEN BELT PROPOSAL, AY MOVE PROPERTY FREEZE fore protests against the pro-~ ed "green helt" restriction, hich would forbid the sale of s of less than five acres, pour- fin upon Trafalgar township ncil Monday afternoon from | indignant deputation of rate- fers. The group included Brn- | wilson, Lakeshore Road W. Harland Merry, Bruce Bens, and Victor Wilson. For fl over an hour 'the members the deputation argued with fucil, most of the talking for t body being done by Coun- flor R. C. Cumberland, member the planning board which rec- finended the five-acres restric- nest Wilson, spokesman for b deputation, presented a pe- on, signed by some 85 proper- owners; protesting the pro- Picd zoning by-law as applied Olt o; 3 el that this is a ve piece of legislation to the concerned," declared Mr. "It amounts to a freeze © property. Almost nobody five-acre lots today. persons buying them Canadians, They put Bsmall shacks which are a de- bent to the community." Bach 6 of property should be decid- fluro its own merits, he Deliey- i E01 Jilon The people will be well in- ficied before this by-law goes ie Municipal Board," said icillor Cumberland, replying E question from Mr. Merry re- garding the legal procedure in- volved. "Each ratepayer will get a map and a copy of the by-law." "This by-law- hits a man who has 100 or 150 acres he wants to divide," complained Mr.- Merry. "I don't like the way it has been brought up or the way it has been handled." "I can't see that council is to be blamed," replied Councillor Cumberland. "We resorted to the legal way of going about this matter." "I think we haye broad-mind- ed men on the council and the planning board who won't ignore public | opinion," observed Reeve 'Wickson. "There will be an open meeting with the Municipal Board before the by-law is given a third reading. I think the by- law should have been made more flexible." Mr. Cumberland Wilson if the deputation wanted the by-law amended before it went before the Municipal Board. "It would save trouble," was the reply. "I would be quite satisfied to leave the matter to the council after the public meeting has been held," said Mr. Merry, after stat- ing that he thought the proposal should have received more pub- Heity, He referred to a public meeting to be held June 11. "I am not moving from my point that rescinding the 5-ac limit in this portion of Tral is bad Councillor Cumberland declared, asked Mr. RAFALGAR COUNCIL DIGS FOR YSTERY PLANT'S 'IDENTITY 15 'taken by Trafal- Township at Monday's meet- fain the nature of the industry" for the district between Jighth and Ninfl Lines north N.R. t ks and south Queen Rlizabeth highway. 0.101 passed the (following fc: "In order that this coun- h ample time to consider ct on the township of the Plishment of a large indus- resolved that Mr. Mur- vy be asked to disclose further delay, the con- use of certain lands, 7, 8, 9, Concession 2, Bosley, of Toronto, is of an option on the Y in question, 'around much conjecture has cen- during the past few weeks, it was rumored that cer- interests were planning a pdusteie] development on nd bolder about ome piece left." Other members of council appeared fav- orable to this suggestion, al- though no definite action. was taken. Reeve Wickson complained of the appearance of a certain piece of property on the Dundas high- way east of the Bighth Line, on which scrap iron was' stored. "We are trying to get rid of old shacks around the township, and nothing in the township looks worse than that place," de- clared the reeve. Chief Fred Oli- ver explained that he had asked the owner of the property to clean it up, but he had refused. Coun- cil will implement a Halton by- law governing such premises, to compel them to be hidden by fences. The reeve then called attention to the 'need for a dump for the township. "We've definitely Zot to have a township dump," he de- clared. "We can't sidetrack this issue." Councillor Cumberland that the be clr @ that a trust fund" should ablished for obtaining park 'The door is being closed © purchase of waterfront y in the township," said Umberland. "There is only on a county basis. The clerk was instructed to in- vestigate the cost, in taxes, to people using the collection ser- vice. undertaken Lhasnit WALKER SPOTS BETTER 'OLES FOR ANGLERS For piscatorial devotees or just plain Izaak Waltons with bent pins and ;willow-tree rods, we in- troduce this week a regular summer weekly column written by a Kent Garden resident who has fished this continent from top to bottom. Frank Walker has fished the Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic ocean off the coast of Un- gaya at a spot which has a name that upsets our typewriter. Adver- fs Manager of Age Publica- tions, where he works with trade periodicals until he evidently feels the need for the open spaces, he does most of his fishing to- day by flying in to the location, catching the speckled beauties-- or other kinds, of course--then wings back to the advertising grind. He intends to reveal many Spots both 'near to home and far- ther away where he guarantees you fishermen can raise a fish you won't need to lie about, if all the conditions are just the way they should be; of course. Frank should know plenty of these, for in 1931 he Inaugurated the Shell Tourist Service and ed as a road scout--fishing ever: day, all day, getting paid for So catch "Just fishing" on page 13--and the Journal wouldn't Te- fuse one fish in each ten you catch as a commission, and De cause wo love fish. AT LONG LAST Although lack of playing space brightened = competition prospects for the town's 200-odd minor baseballers this spring, guiding genius Bud Corbett this week saw a solution to his sche- dule problems in the parks board decisions to lay out a pair of Sp at Trafalgar park. With wm mower height as of Sonn they won't be. good dia- monds this year, but with this additional space, Bud feels, ths kids will get by fairly well. Bantams and peewees, who be- gin the first half of their regular league play next Monday, wil use the new diamonds, while minor peewees will carry on with the smaller layout in the parking lot at Wallace park. The kids will adjourn for summer vacation, take up again when school starts in the fall with more league gam- es and group playoffs, Stop Press Flash TABLE SCHOOL BORROWING Attorney- General Dana BYLAW UNTIL FURTHER DATA AVAILABLE, COUNCIL DECIDES Porter grants Derry in- quiry. Judge lan Mac- donnell to preside. Date to be set later. Freeze Zoning? Notice of motion that no fur- ther amendments to Oakville's zoning | by-law be made until 1952, was given by Councillor Lachlan McArthur at Monday. evening's council meeting. A number of amendments to the been considered council within the past several months. CLUB FROLIC LAUGH RIOT BY MARGE AHERN To capacity audiences, whose applause indicated their satisfac- tion, the Oakville Club presented its annual Cabaret on Friday and Saturday night. The show, "Mid- summer Nightmare," with apol- ogies to William _ Shakespeare, was directed and MC'd by Jerry Maccabe in the form of a lively --but somehat| tamed--burles- que house show. The Oakvillains, in stunning black and silver "canned" crea- tions, caricatured the girls can can chorus. Ruthann Gairdner, billed as the Newmarket Nightingale, was' as usual, a big hit with the audience, Nancy Chisholm did a clever bur- lesque on the Ballet while as a raconteur Gordie Nairn stopped the show.Paul Dickson's sensa- tional miming and vocalizing was the outstanding single act hit with Nan and Doug Wilkes number, "Boarding House Blues," a close second. "Sins of the Fathers," "Little Folks," and "For Good- ness Sake,' were three skits well staged in Burlesque tradition. "The Gay Deceivers," strikingly dressed in white evening gowns, sounded very professional in their vocal numbers. "The Fig Leaf Four," and the "Dusky Bell Sing- ers," with solos by Bob Armstrong were hits that called for encores. The show was brought to an abrupt end by Bruce Colville, whose strip-tease act was halted Dy the police, to complete a night at the Burlesque house. Dancing completed the evening. ; A Fawny Thing A tea party at Mrs. Burritt's, Gloucester St., came to its feet in amazement last week when a fawn, pursued by dogs, dashed along Sheddon Ave., past the startled ladies, and vanished into some trees on Balsam Avenue. No mother deer appeared and a fawn al- one in the centre of a popula- John ted area was cause for much speculation for the balance of the party. NEW CURATE Rev. uate of took over his ne as cur: ate of St. Jude an Church He succeeds F R. H. Howson, who in April was\ appointed rec- tor of Hag Anglican Church Born at Wingham and educat- ed in Winnipeg, Mr, Munro Is the son of Mrs. Helen Munro, of Woodbridge, and the late Char- les Munro, Peterborough. He was rdained May 20 in Christ Church Cathedral by Rt. Rey. Walter John A. Munro, a grad- 1 Bagnell, Bishop of gara. "Speak up or get out' wanted to Know. to say nothing. Then one time. BOSLEY BIDES TIME Murray Bosley, Toronto realtor who is being cast in the part of Mephistopheles by Township council by its resolution, was mostly amused when advised of the motion. "What do they do now?" he "I met with the council and asked them when lhe shouldn't have. The council now has only itself to blame for the excitement." He stated the story con- cerning the project would be released in due course and had nothing to add to existing information at the present of them opened his mouth st weel | Ageeing with mayor J. R. Blacks that more complete data should be available before such a large debenture issue was approved, town council Monday night tabl- ed for two weeks the second reading of a bylaw to authorize borrowing of $360,000 for a new public school - north of Stewart t. "We've seen no plans, don't know if it will be a one or two storey building, don't even know where the school would be," de- clared the mayor. "If we have to provide such a la sum we should at least know where it is going." "Working plans are not yet ready, and won't be until July," informed: clerk C. H. Byers. "The board could at least give us more information," declared deputy reeve Ted Lauder, movin, the second reading be held over. Reading of an inspection re- port from Dr. A. E. Berry, of the dept. of sanitation, Ont. dept. of health, regarding the town dump, set off a lengthy discussion as to future methods of controlling nuisances and odors caused by the dump. Dr. Berry recommended use of one section at a time and immediate covering with fill, the erection of a fence to control scattering paper, and use of the sanitary fill method whenever feasible. Chas. Lawrence, who uses the dump while collecting garbage for a section of Trafalgar, pro- tested that 1000 yards of fill he was asked to provide for surface covering was too large an amount. "Fill is harder to get than money these days, and the town dumps as much garbage in a day as I do in a week." Mr. Lawrence told deputy-reeve Lauder he kne: nothing of a township plan to ready a dump of it's own. Mayor Black stated twp. coun- cillor R. C. A. Cumberland had NAME NEW ANGLICAN CHURCH, BUILD SOON St. Aidan's is the name select- ed for the new Anglican church in the Forster survey, the con- tract for which is being let this week. "We hope the building will be started as soon as possible, and that the church will be ready by fall" Rev. F. C. Jackson, rector of St. Jude's, informed the Jour- nal. The congregation of St. Jude's is undertaking the project, made necessary by the tremen- dous influx of Anglican families into the town, especially on the west side. Only the nave of the church will be completed at first. informed him Trafalgar would arrange to use a land fill meth- od, and has said the twp. would not have to use the town dump after June 2. No arrangements had been made for covering gar- bage already dumped, he stated. "As far as I'm concerned, we've had too much trouble with the township, mot only with garbage but: also with sewage. I think we should give them an ultimatum," declared councillor Lachlan Mc- Arthur. "Its time we took a stand," agreed reeve Howard Litchiield. "There is also the storm sewer serving Kent Gardens. We should not burden our ratepayers with full costs) while helping the town- ship of Coun. Trafalgar adhere to McArthur moved that be given 6 weeks to the agreement nothing but surface water be passed through the storm sewer in question. The knotty dumping problem was deft with the mayor for action. ELDERLY RESIDENT INJURED AS TRUCK BUS y aged 81, well known Trafalgar township resi- dent, was seriously injured when the truck in which he was a pas- senger collided with a Milton- bound bus at the intersection of the Dundas highway and Seventh Line Tues. evening. Bhe truck was driven by Mr. McLean's son-in- law, Victor Lawrence, with whom he resides, and the driver of the bus was Allan Simpson of Milton. Sam McLean, COLLIDE The mjured man Oakville-Trafalgar Hospital suffering His condition this morning was described as serious. Dr. W. M. Wilkinson is attending him Miss Mildred Lyon, aged, 26, of R. R. 6, Milton, a bus passenger, received a cut on her left eyelid. The bus was carrying a load of hofieward-bound workers from Oakville factories. was taken to Memorial from shock. JOHNNY BLACK COMING HOME, MAY GET CLERICAL JOB WITH RECREATION COMMISSION Johnny Black is coming home to Oakville. The popular young athlete, who for nearly two years has been a paraplegic patient In Sunybrook Hospital as the result of an injury received in a football game here In September 1040 will looked after in Oakyille- falgar Memorial Hospital for od of from 3 to 6 months 2 room at present used as a rest room for hospital doctors, on the lower floor, will be fitted up. for his use, in order that an ac- tive treatment room need not he tled up. Doctors on the staff have agreed to this arrangement. A suitable qualified orderly will be engaged to look after the patient, and will also perform other hos pital duties of a similar nature. This plan for Johnny's was embodied in a recommenda- tlon of the hospital's management committes, which was accepted by the board of governors at its regular meeting Thursday eve- ning. Dr. B. P. Soanes, chief of the hospital staff, told the board that the young man has made such good progress towards re- covery that he can use a type- and do a number of other but still needs hospital look- ing after him feel that it 1s up to Oakville to help him out sald Dr. Soanes, "The community of Oakville must continue to help him out. The Paraplegic Assocla- tion feels that after from three be to six months he can be looked after at home." The Paraplegic Assoclation would procure an orderly for the told the that ral tion Dr. Soanes said, He there was a chance Johnny would be given a cl job by the Oakville Recre Commission. While in hospital ho would be given light clerical duties, which would ald In his covery. Dr. Soanes moyed that the board accept the recommen dation, His motion was seconded y J Dunwoody and carried case, board unanimously. Oaks Face Busy Diamond Week A busy dlamond stint for the intermediate Oaks commences Wednesday night at Wallace park, when Acton Tanners pay their firsrt visit here. On Fri- day night, the classy Went Yorks, current leaders of the West Toronto senior loop, play an 8.30 floodlight game here, while on 'Saturday afternoon, the Oaks will play another Hal- ton league contest In Clarkson. The visit of West York Inaugu- rates a policy of introducing at least one topflight senlor club to local fans each week, Don Davis told the Journal yester- day. "Teams like Oshawa will really sharpen the boys up for playoff time, and at the same time show the fans some real baseball, boomed Mr. Base- ball, presently recuperating from an operation and handling game bookings from bed via phone.

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